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Catlady123

(52 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:44 AM 19 hrs ago

Senior Iranian source to Reuters

* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB WATERWAY

@reuters.com
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T13:17:24.238Z

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Senior Iranian source to Reuters (Original Post) Catlady123 19 hrs ago OP

If the US Congress and Courts had done their jobs, we would not be at the point we are today. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #1

The Houthis have been bombed pretty badly, gab13by13 19 hrs ago #2

How do they Greg_In_SF 19 hrs ago #3

Good question... Wuddles440 18 hrs ago #4

Irish_Dem

(81,504 posts)

1. If the US Congress and Courts had done their jobs, we would not be at the point we are today.

Reply to Catlady123 (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:56 AM

19 hrs ago

gab13by13

(32,379 posts)

2. The Houthis have been bombed pretty badly,

Reply to Catlady123 (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 10:05 AM

19 hrs ago

even President Biden bombed the shit out of them.

They are still relevant though. Bab-el-Mandeb links the Red Sea, effectively to the Indian Ocean, to the Mediterranean Sea and further to the Atlantic with access to the Suez Canal.

Greg_In_SF

(1,287 posts)

3. How do they

Reply to Catlady123 (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 10:07 AM

19 hrs ago

define "out of control"?

Wuddles440

(2,095 posts)

4. Good question...

Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 10:33 AM

18 hrs ago

because it already seems to be the case!

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